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SAMUELl E; ooWLns, oF wononooo,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR- 'JJO STRATHMORE PAPER COMPANY, OF lVlIIT'.IIITEAGUE,` MASSACHUSETTS, A COR-PC)RA'lIOINA OF MASSA- CHUSETTS ApplicationI led December 17, 1927. Sera1r Nok. 240,830.`

. This invention relates to improvements in I reels for Windingup Webs of material such yas Lpa erorthelika. Y

n connection With the manufactureof pa'- fabrics or `the like, itis an ordinary step a Web of paperor fabric onto a reel Qrarbor. For instance, kin papermanufacturing, as a Web of paper leaves a drying apparatus n Where it isdried, the Webisled onto a rotat-y ning reelor arbor which takes up or Winds up i the Web into thej form of a roll; and then, as a Y subsequent step, the Web is led from the roll on this reel and passed through other appa- ,15 i'atus `such as a slitting and trimmingmachine and isvvound up again on another reel. v

There are manyl other and .varied instances Where a web of material such as a paper or fabric'vveb,rwhich is Wound up on one reel,

r is led from the reel rand throughsome appan ratus or otherand again Woundup on another ka plurality of longitudinal Woodenv bars or slats ,arranged circumferentially of circular v i As the Webof so that the edges of thevveb of the roll or the other; the' roll formed by the rolled up web are often uneven so that the ends of thefroll aref not flat and true.` This vis objectionable because as the Web is subsequently unWound-from the Y' reel and fed through other apparatus for va-` rious operations the edges of the Webldo not run true. In order to properly guide the `,Web into the apparatus, the reel and roll vmust -40 be'moved axially back 4and forth y unxvound so that the edges ofthe' web are aligned properly with the apparatus v f :fis -provided with longitudinal slots 21 as f shown and has Xedthereto ins'ome .convens While the Web is being ,Which receives it. l f l j It has become an ordinary but dangerous l 45:.practice While the reel is taking on or lWindrk ing up a' Web, to nail boards vonto the'v reelat -gevenlygor so that vthe endsof the. roll are ycation but for descriptive purposesvvill be reel.. The reelsrvreferred to usually comprisev forming the roll 30 on thereel bulges in places either. on one end l that is, the ends of By reference D0 the'drawingsf This practicev is not only lob-` j ectionable because a dangerouscondition ,eX-7

ists as the boards which extend from thereels rotate at high speed, but because the nailing on of the boards injures the lbarsory slats of y up or roll up a web into thevform Which will have flat even ends...v This 'isfac coinplished according to the novel yfeatures of the invention by 'Y has guide ,Y ingkrthe side edges of the Web onto there'el which are relatively movable o rj adjustable, sofas to guide Webs of various lWidths and 'di-p rect or guide the Web ontOthe reel and enn-l brace or confine the 'ends'of thejrollso alsto The invention is adapted for *broad l' applidisclosedin connection with a reel adapted Vproviding a reel', which j members for embracing or `guidyform a roll having flat, smooth,` event ends.

for use in connection with paper manuactur-f' f ing apparatus andy in the Vform v'at present rpre-A ferred is shown in thev accompanying ,draW- v Fig. 1 is a longitudinal'sectional View'. of avrll` ings, in which: reel embodying the novel combination y and arrangement of parts forming'thel invention;

FigfZjis an enlargedsectional elevational view taken on the lineQ-Q oi'Fig. 1;;

, Fig. 3y lsian enlarged sectional vievv shovv-f-A- ing in detailthe methodfofsecu'ring the guide pilot to the reel'guide'; u l n Y jFig. 4 is a smallscale perspective vie'vvj of certain of thefpartsga'nd l IFig. 5 is a. small 'scaleelevational'` vievvv showing the reel/carrying ja roll `ofpaper which isguided by the guides on the "reel,

p the-'novel combination and arrangementl ofpartswill nowV beA described. Al representsv a tubular or hollow' supporting arbor forvthey reel. Which yjournalled for: rotation inabearing member 5 fixed to the' arbor and is-heldagainst, axial or endvvise movementYby:acollar and nut Y 7 carried thereby which are disposed on opposite sides of the bearing member 5. A threaded sleeve Sis fixed to thefrod so as to be rotated thereby, but in lieu thereof the Y end of the rod maybe threaded ifdesired.

A sleeve 9 `which its'over the rod 4 is rotatable w-ith respect thereto Vand is -`journalled for rotation independent of the'rod 4' 1 in abearing 10 fixed tothe support 1. ThisV sleeve is heldagainst axialdisplacementin the tube by thrust collars 11 and 12 Yfixed thereto which are disposed at opposite sides of the bearing 10 and is provided With a threaded portion 13for the purpose soon to be described. Operating wheels or handles v14 and 15 are fixed tothe ends of the shaft 4 and sleeve 9 so that they may be relatively andV `independently rotated-with respect to one another and with respect to the support- .ingV arbor 1. j A

Longitudinal; slats or 'bars 20 aredisposed about the circumference of the collars 3 and are vsecured" thereto'bybolts or in any convenient manner andare arranged-to formV the reel body Rffor receiving' and supporting 4a web of paper or the' like. Slots 21 are provided at either end of the body R which are preferably in linewith the slots 2 of the I arbor 1 previously described. Internally threaded members 25, which may be called' nuts, are inthreaded engagement with the threaded sleeves 8 and 13 and are Varranged to slide within the arbor 1. l'One of the sleeves and its nut maybe made with left hand lthreads whilethe other may bemade `Ywithright hand nuts, but this is -not iinportant, it beingintended that the construc- .tion will be such thatthe nuts will be moved wardly into the slots 21 of the Vreel and are` provided with tapering openingsv 40v for Vreceiving .pilots 41 of guide membersG.. An

f annular seat 41* adjacent Ithe lower end of independently of one another and in one direction or the otherl accordingly .as the rod 4 or sleeve 9'is rotated to move or vadjust its respective nutV along the arbor. l

Members 30 in the form of brackets are secured to the nuts by any suitable means such'as boltsgor thelike and haveat their lower sides a guide portion 81 .whichis arraliged .to lit within the slots 2 of the arbor sothat as they are moved: longitudinally of' the arbor by theirv respective nuts they will be held in an upright position and prevented vfrom turningwith respect tothe arbor.

The upper side of the brackets extends uplthe pilot receives a lock meinber42 in the form of a ball wh'ichis'carriedfby the bracket 30V and which-isfurged forwardly by a plunger V42 and spring 43, thespri'ng and plunger being confined in a! tube 30 secured" to the member rvWith thisiarran'gement Vthe pilot jis resiliently held by thelock inem-A berso that it may vbe'quicklyV inserted in or 1 adapted to receive the arborgl *ing a.

tated by hand `for winding or reeling up a web of paper to .form ai'roll as it'comes from a drier or the withdrawn from the Vbracket whenever desiied.

Obviously other means than that shown may be provided for detachably holding the, l

guidein the bracket member.

i; j The guidesmay take any form desired but as here shown preferably comprise a plate Amember of some fibrous material which is made inthe fornig-of a crescent that. is reinforcedkby straps 51 which are secured to and carried by a. staff 52 Xedto the pilot 41.

The reelV may be made for use in connection with any ordinary form of reeling appa- .ratus such .as shown'in Fig. 5. In the form shown, the aparatus may comprise a. pair ofV journal bearing supports 60` which are so that-it may be rotated therein. Collars 61 maybe secured to the arbor at tl'iesides lof the journal bearings to hold it against an "endwiseshift- Ya roll.

lAssumingthat the reel is to be employed like: the'web is led onto'v the reeljwhich will be rotated by some means'as'described'; Vand thenyby turning the hand wheels 14 and l5, the guides are'moved'independently of one another so? that they alignwith and embrace y theside-edges of the web so as to guide the web onto the reel.

'As the web is wound up by the reel into'the form` of a roll, the web,

Vwhich is',` connedv by the guides and held againstv lendwise movement, will produceka "rbll which will. have smooth, .flat and even ends as is desirable.A

By providing fthe'` independently movable and relatively adjustable guides, they may be'.V adjusted or disposed so as to' embrace various widths of lmaterial and may be adjusted Y, to accommodatethe'mselves to and guide the `,web onto the reel should it lbe desired or necessary to build'upithe roll at a point nearer one end of thereel than the other.. I

By thusproviding a reel which will form a I .roll which has the even, flat ends, the web may easily be unrolled therefrom and ledY onto another reel without any sideways shiftingmovement of' theweb as it runs froinone reel to another and therefor the necessity 'of manually-shifting the reel` and roll to'Y compensate -for any irregularity caused by uneven rolling up of the web is eliminated.

I am aware that'many changes may be made in the formv of the apparatus tof adapt it Vfor various purposes and I prefer to be limited, if

at all, by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description of the ferredform of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A reel for winding up a web of material comprising in combination, an arbor'and reel body supported thereby, relatively and independently rotatable members inrsaid'arbor, guide members guided in said arbor for inde-y pendent movements thereon and connections between said guide members and rotatable members whereby the guide members are moved on said arbor by said rotating members.

2. A reel for present prewinding up a web of material comprising in combination, an arbor and reel l body supported thereby having aligned slots, relatively and independently .rotatable members in said arbor, guide members in engagement with said rotatable members extending through said slots and means connecting said members and guides whereby they are moved along said slots accordingly as the members are rotated.

3. A reel for winding up a web of material comprising in combination, an arbor and reel body supported thereby, relatively and independently rotatable screws in said arbor,

guide members in threaded engagement with u said screws and guided in said arbor which are moved by a rotation of said screw-s.

4c. A reel for winding up a web of material comprising in combination, a supporting arbor and a reel body carried thereby having aligned guide receiving slots, rotatable members in said arbor arranged for independent and relative rotative movements, screws carried thereby, guides guidedin said slots and in threaded engagement with said screws whereby as the members are rotated the guides will be moved with respect to the reel and arbor.

5. A reel for winding up a web of material comprising in combination, a slotted arbor, a reel body supported thereby for rotation therewith, a rod extending through said arbor and bearing threads atone end, a sleeve rotatably surroundingrthe rod and bearinU threads upon its outer surface, both the ro and the sleeve extending beyond the end of the arbor so as to be independently rotatable with respect thereto, a pair of nuts threaded respectively upon the rod and the sleeve and having sliding engagement.` with said slots, and crescent-shaped guide members detachably connected to said nuts. In testimony whereof I nature. v

SAMUEL E. COWLES.

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